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Northwest Africa 10443
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10443
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 10443
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 790 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  CK3
Recommended:  CK3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 79 approved meteorites classified as CK3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CK chondrites, CK3 chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 31 Dec 2015
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Writeup from MB 104:

Northwest Africa 10443 (NWA 10443)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2015 Jul

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK3)

History: Purportedly found in Mauritania and purchased by Darryl Pitt in July 2015 from a Moroccan dealer.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Separated, well-formed chondrules (apparent diameter 1.9±1.0 mm; one 10 mm × 7 mm) with grains of stained Cr-magnetite are set in an orange-brown matrix containing intermediate plagioclase, calcite and minor barite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa7.7-41.6, FeO/MnO = 89-126, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs25.2-28.9Wo0.7-3.0, N = 3), augite (Fs12.3Wo45.7; Fs22.2Wo50.5, N = 2).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK3). Possibly paired with NWA 10405 based on distinctive textures, similar silicate compositions and presence of secondary calcite.

Specimens: 22 g including one polished thin section at UWB; main mass with DPitt.

Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2015 Jul
Mass (g):790
Pieces:1
Class:CK3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:moderate
Fayalite (mol%):7.7-41.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):25.2-28.9
Wollastonite (mol%):0.7-3.0
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):22
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:D. Pitt
Comments:MAC 156; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012)
DPitt: Darryl Pitt, 225 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024, United States; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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